Name:Rhizobiummultihospitum corrig. Han et al. 2008
Category: Species
Proposed as: sp. nov.
Etymology:mul.ti.hos’pi.tum.L. masc. adj.multus, many, numerous; L. masc. n.hospes, he who entertains a stranger, a host (same stem as hospita); N.L. gen. masc. pl. n.multihospitum, of numerous hosts, referring to the isolation of the bacterium from various legume species
Valid publication:
Han TX, Wang ET, Wu LJ, Chen WF, Gu JG, Gu CT, Tian CF, Chen WX. Rhizobium multihospitium sp. nov., isolated from multiple legume species native of Xinjiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1693-1699. 🇨🇳
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2247-2248.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
Hördt et al. 2020
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
Notes:
🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01685 (N = 19).
🙂 Spelling correction conducted by LPSN on 2026-04-30.
🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-04-30.
🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.